The Unwanted Marriage

Chapter 4

THEA

It had been a week since that night. The night Arthur kissed me.

That kiss.

I couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. Sometimes I could feel my lips tingling from the memories. The way Arthur hungrily kissed me like he was starving. It was honestly the best kiss I've ever had in my life.

He didn't say anything the next morning, he didn't act like he just kissed the hell out of me the night before. It was like the kiss never happened. And it bothered me. He must had felt something when we kissed. Hell, even I felt something when we kissed.

But if he didn't want to acknowledge it, then so be it.

"You're awake."

I startled as I walked into the kitchen, I didn't realize he was already there, drinking his coffee. It was weird though, he usually would have gone to his office by now.

"Come eat breakfast." he motioned the chair across him.

I was not really hungry but I could eat something before I left for work, so I took a seat across him. He continued reading the newspaper.

"Where's Jane?"

"She left earlier this morning to her hometown. She would be back tomorrow."

I nodded as I took a sip of my cup of tea. "So, about that night.."

"What about it?"

"Do you have something to say about it?"

"Nothing. It was just a kiss. It didn't mean anything." he shrugged like he didn't just shatter my heart.

I didn't love him or anything but I was so sure that we felt something that night, and the way he dismissed that feeling upset me.

"So that's it? You just kissed me of all sudden just because you were bored?" I wanted to provoke him, anything for him to confess something.

He put the newspaper down and looked at me with piercing eyes. "What did you expect from me, Thea? Do you want me to declare my love for you? Is that it?"

Blood rushed into my cheeks. "No, of course not! I didn't expect you to love me. I don't even love you."

"Good, we finally have something in common," he nodded his head. "I will never love you, Thea, I don't do love. I kissed you because you are my wife, because that's what married people do. So don't read into anything more than it is whenever we kiss or do something intimate."

One thing I was absolutely certain was that Arthur would break your heart whenever he wanted to. He would give you a hope then crushed that hope in front of you. I had learnt my mistake.

"Whatever. For a man who hates my guts, you sure do make me see how much you despise me. There's no need for that, you know, I had seen enough for the past 6 months." I finished my tea and stood up. "I don't need your love either. I just want you to stop confusing me and pissing me off with your attitude. Because you're not the only one suffering in this called marriage, I am too."

I didn't bother to look behind and waited for his response. I was done with his games.

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